Where does “desinfectant” come from?
desinfectant (Occitan) comes from Occitan desinfectar, from Catalan infectar, from Latin infectare, from Latin infectus, from Latin īnficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
desinfectant (Occitan): disinfectant
Definitions
- disinfectant
Ancestry of “desinfectant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occitan | desinfectar | to disinfect |
| 2 | Catalan | infectar | to infect |
| 3 | Latin | infectare | — |
| 4 | Latin | infectus | not done, undone; unfinished; impossible |
| 5 | Latin | īnficiō | to dip, to dunk, to submerge |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |